OSHKOSH, Wis–The city of Oshkosh is performing emergency maintenance on its main water intake pipeline. City Manager Mark Rohloff says the state has finally signed off on permits to clean sediment out of the line that threaten to choke off the water supply from Lake Winnebago this winter………………
Rohloff says the biggest risk is ice forming in the reduced portions of the pipe…
The situation in Oshkosh is complicated by damage done to back-up intake pipes by ice shoves in recent years. Water utility officials hope to complete the sediment clean-out work by the end of the month.
